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#87BFDD

#87bfdd ≈ Baby Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#87bfdd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 74.9% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.91% cyan, 13.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 200.93°, with 55.84% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Baby Blue (#89cff0), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.4763

Complementary

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #dda587

Split complementary

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #dd8794
  3. #ddd087

Analogous

  1. #87ddd0
  2. #87bfdd
  3. #8794dd

Triadic

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #dd87bf
  3. #bfdd87

Tetradic

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #a587dd
  3. #dda587
  4. #bfdd87

Square

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #d087dd
  3. #dda587
  4. #94dd87

Monochromatic

  1. #2d779e
  2. #4b9fcc
  3. #87bfdd
  4. #c3dfee
  5. #eff7fa

Shades

#87bfdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #7aacc7
  3. #6c99b1
  4. #5f869b
  5. #517385
  6. #44606f
  7. #364c58
  8. #293942
  9. #1b262c
  10. #0e1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bfdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #93c5e0
  3. #9fcce4
  4. #abd2e7
  5. #b7d9eb
  6. #c3dfee
  7. #cfe5f1
  8. #dbecf5
  9. #e7f2f8
  10. #f3f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bfdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bfdd
  2. #86b9d4
  3. #86b2ca
  4. #85acc1
  5. #84a6b8
  6. #84a0af
  7. #8399a5
  8. #82939c
  9. #818d93
  10. #818689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6bbc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bddf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4b3dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67c7c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2bede ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99b8dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #75c4d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bfdd {
  color: #87bfdd;
}
Background
.bg-87bfdd {
  background-color: #87bfdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bfdd {
  border: 2px solid #87bfdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bfdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 191 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 56% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bfdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bfdd, #8794dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bfdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 191 221 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.22 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.01 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.02 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.42 #784022 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Baby Blue
#87bfdd  rgb(135, 191, 221)  hsl(201, 56%, 70%)  Baby Blue
#dda587  rgb(221, 165, 135)  hsl(21, 56%, 70%)  Tumbleweed
#dd87bf  rgb(221, 135, 191)  hsl(321, 56%, 70%)  Persian Pink
#bfdd87  rgb(191, 221, 135)  hsl(81, 56%, 70%)  June Bud